As If
Channel 4 (ended 2004)
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Season 4
- Ep 20420 (Nicki's POV)7/31/04
Nicki has had a late Birthday present from her mum. It's an around the world ticket for one. Will she go before she learns about Rob's true feelings? Will the friends have a happy ending, or is there a shock in store? - Ep 19419 (Jamie's POV)7/24/04
Brand New Episode: After successfully completing his exam results, Jamie discovers that he has been accepted into Inverness University, but he's not told Sooz yet. Is it really the end for one of TV's greatest couples. How will Sooz cope with having to face losing Jamie all over again? Will her secret be revealed?moreless - Ep 18418 (Alex's POV)7/17/04
Allen is looking for the one, and he thinks he may have found him; a cute guy he see's in the Root Bar. But Alex has other idea's. Meanwhile, Amber confronts Rob, and Jamie's about to get two huge shocks. - Ep 17417 (Sasha's POV)7/10/04
After being hurt by Nicki and Rob, Sasha decides on a new approach with her relationships. She plans to have meaningless one night stands, and then move on. Claiming she can't get hurt if things are quick and easy. But when Sasha begins mixing business with pleasure, that's when things get complicated.moreless - Ep 16416 (Sooz's POV)7/3/04
Sooz is consumed with guilt after making a terrible mistake and putting her relationship with Jamie at serious risk. Sooz feels so guilty, she does the unthinkable and breaks down. And in an emotional heart to heart with Rob, it all comes pouring out. - Ep 15415 (Rob's POV)6/26/04
Rob's got issues and doubts with marrying Amber, so he visits a counsellor to try and sort out his problems. He reveals the events of the night before; when the group, along with Katie, Allen and Tyler all stayed the night at Nicki's house, during a storm. - Ep 14414 (Alex's POV)6/19/04
Alex joins a gay dining club to make new friends and meet a possible love interest, but to be part of the group he has to hold a dinner party, and decides to use Nicki and Sasha's house. Allen's got a crush on Rob, Sooz and Tyler are getting closer, and Alex finds a love interest a little closer to home.moreless - Ep 13413 (Jamie's POV)6/12/04
For Jamie, life is about to get even more complicated and stressful. As his exam resits are only three weeks away, and none of his friends want to help him out. So Jamie takes desperate measures, and goes over the edge. Meanwhile, Sasha's in trouble when she discovers Darna's dirty little drug secret.moreless - Ep 12412 (Sooz's POV)6/5/04
Sooz and Tyler's friendship is getting stronger and he's giving her all sorts of ideas about how to manage her life and handle her money. However, the rents due and Tyler is hiding a little secret about his lifestyle. As Sooz deals with managing her life and finances she's about to get a few surprises.moreless - Ep 11411 (Nicki's POV)5/22/04
Nicki's trying to get over Rob and move on, so she gets herself two new jobs: one at a bar, and one in a bookshop. But it's at these two new jobs that she meets two new blokes; Toby and Max. However, both the guys know each other and play games with Nicki. For a change, she's not the one in control. But when Nicki gets involved with two guys, there's trouble...moreless - Ep 10410 (Rob's POV)5/15/04
Rob finds himself stuck between his new girlfriend, Amber and his friends. And when he nearly ditches Nicki on her birthday for Amber, Nicki is furious. Rob and Amber both end up going to Nicki's birthday meal, but the couple have an unexpected annoucement that will shock everyone. - Ep 9409 (Sooz's POV)5/8/04
Sooz and Jamie face more relationship turbulence in this episode, when Sooz starts doubting the spark has gone between the two of them. Jamie makes a friend called Katie who he's kept quiet from Sooz. Also, Sooz meets a guy who she's attracted to at art College called Tyler. - Ep 8408 (Jamie's POV)5/1/04
Jamie has been lying to his parents for a while now and they still think he's at University in Inverness. But his luck is about to run out and his lies are about to catch up with him. Although for Jamie, his life is about to get a whole lot worse than he ever imagined and things goes disasterously and shocking wrong.moreless - Ep 7407 (Sasha's POV)4/24/04
Sasha has a sleepless night, sensing that something is up, but she just isn't sure what. As she puts together the clues that she has, Sasha realises that Rob and Nicki have been messing around with each other. She's not happy that she could be betrayed like this, and there are going to be shockwaves.moreless - Ep 6406 (Sooz's POV)4/17/04
Sooz things she has lost her creativity and finds herself unable to paint, which she blames on her change in character. With Sooz unable to be a talented artist like she used to, she realises she needs to find the dark place she once had. Meanwhile Sasha's got creative problems of her own when Darna sets her on a major project, and Nicki meets Sooz's friend, Fran.moreless - Ep 5405 (Alex's POV)4/10/04
Alex does some assistant teaching at a private college, as part of his Uni course - but he doesn't realise the trouble it's going to cause him. It's there he meets cheeky student, Allen, who takes a shine. But there are student and teacher boundaries that Alex struggles to stick to when Allen kisses him.moreless - Ep 4404 (Nicki's POV)4/3/04
After having unprotected and unexpected sex with one of her best friends, Nicki must rush around the streets of London so she can take get the morning after pill. But she only has twenty-four minutes, and potential fathers, friends and other issues keep getting in her way. Will she make it on time?moreless - Ep 3403 (Sasha's POV)3/27/04
Sasha's 'glamorous' new fashion job isn't quite what she expected and she finds herself working as an assistant to a mean window dresser. But she's determined to stick with it, even when she's told she must learn to drive. Meanwhile, Nicki looks for a travel companion and holds interviews. - Ep 2402 (Nicki's POV)3/20/04
Nicki thinks she's got it made when she takes control of the flat finding situation and dates estate agent Christain. She's using him to find her and Sasha a flat, but thing is, he's using her too. Meanwhile Alex is happy about his new living situation. - Ep 1401 (Jamie's POV)3/13/04
Jamie discovers that he doesn't have the grades to get into university but he's too scared to tell everyone and fakes his leaving. Alex and Sooz move in together and throw a house-warming party, Rob faces eviction, while Nicki dates an attractive estate agent to get a flat for her and Sasha.moreless
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Season 3
- Ep 18318 (Jamie's POV)8/29/02
Jamie has problems sleeping. He has visits from a "guide" that show the future to be of Alex, Nicki, Rob, Sasha, Sooz and himself. In the dream, Sasha is a superstar called Space Bitch, Nicki has kids, Alex is selling financial services and Rob has a beard. However, Sooz is not to be seen. He then realises she dies on October 20th, 2002 - as stated on her gravestone "Suzanne Lee - "Sooz" - 20th October 2002". Jamie wakes to find the date is now, of course, 20th October 2002. This forces him into being Sooz's "guardian angel" for the whole day. He follows Sooz all over town and even to college. It's quarter to twelve, and the gang are all at Rob's. Jamie is sending them all to sleep with stories, trying to keep Sooz remaining in the same place until after 12. But she stands up to go. Desperately trying to follow her, he asks for a lift in her car. It's twelve o'clock when she's driving and he roars of happiness. But -- Sooz explains that she had set his watch 10 minutes ahead. It's still 20th October. "I love you" Jamie says to Sooz, after he realises he actually does. Sooz replies "I love you too, Jamie". Just as a lorry is coming towards them. Jamie and Sooz's lifes flash before their eyes...''''Ending #1: Sooz dodges the lorry. It is now midnight. "Happy 21st October!!" Shouts Jamie, as they drive off happily in the mini. Jamie and Sooz argue and joke the next day, over who's fault the close near-miss was.''''Ending #2: Sooz and Jamie's car badly crashes into the lorry and they both die. In the aftermath of their deaths, Alex, Sasha, Nicki and Rob argue over funeral arrangments while Sooz and Jamie watch over them, realising this is their eternity.moreless - Ep 17317 (Sooz's POV)8/28/02
Sooz is in jeopardy. Just when she is falling in love with Seb - he's hospitalised. - Ep 16316 (Sasha's POV)8/27/02
Sasha is approached by a man in the pub, "Charlie Chapman", offering her a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He promises he can make her become a presenter. But when she gives him £500 for the photo shoot, he disappears with no trace. There is no such "Charlie Chapman". - Ep 15315 (Mark's Issues)8/22/02
Alex catches Mark with Grant again. He doesn't want to interfere with Nicki or Mark's lives. However, Nicki overhears the whole thing at Rob's flat. Mark disappears, leaving Rob a note to say, "Thank You". - Ep 14314 (Nicki's POV)8/21/02
Nicki realizes that her relationship with Mark is the longest she's ever been in. That scares her a bit, specially when she finds out Alex is having a birthday party and didn't invite her. She's afraid Mark might still have feelings for Alex, and when she overhears the boys saying Mark doesn't like modern women, she goes out and buys old magazines that taught women how to behave properly for their men. She tries that, but it's too old fashioned for her. Insecure and jealous, she decides to show up at the party anyway, where she runs into Mark making out with another guy. She's crushed, but later on Mark stops by with a rose saying that he loves her. Meanwhile, Jamie tries to be nice to Seb while still getting over Sooz.moreless - Ep 13313 (Sooz's POV)8/20/02
Everyone insists on Sooz getting some therapy, but all she does is bitch about the nosiness of her friends. She finally gives in and goes to a therapy group secretly, where she meets an interesting guy named Seb. He's outspoken and quickly develops a chemistry with Sooz. They end up in bed, and Sooz kicks him out in the middle of the night when she realizes she just slept with some guy she barely knows. The next day she introduces him to Al and Jamie, who is a little bit jealous about it after all he still has feelings for her. But Sooz seems to finally have found someone as wild as her.moreless - Ep 12312 (Italian Job)8/15/02
Jamie gets a job waiting tables at a 'Table Dancing' club. His boss asks him to go on a special errand. Unfortunately Jamie is distracted by one of the dancers and doesn't catch the address of the Italian restaurant where he is supposed to deliver his boss's parcel. He ends up delivering the package to the wrong restaurant and subseqently is given just 24-hours to get it back. In a parody of The Italian Job Jamie recruits the rest of the gang to help him steal back the parcel. Somehow all six of them manage to turn up at the restuarant in a Mini Cooper. The girls have been instructed to flirt with the waiters (apart from Sooz who doesn't flirt - she has to each spaghetti instead!) - unfortunately the waiters seem more interested in the boys. This enables the girls to steal the package back while the boys are distracting the waiters. Unfortunately, although the girls make a clean getaway the boys are left to play strip poker with the waiters. To be continued...moreless - Ep 11311 (Alex's POV)8/14/02
Alex and Jamie have found out that stripping is a very profitable job. But things go very wrong when they "go to work" for the first time... they even get arrested.''Also the gang organize a "party" for Sooz, only Sasha isn't invited but she's going to change that. - Ep 10310 (Sasha's POV)8/13/02
Tensions build between Sasha and Mark as they continue to share Rob's flat. Sasha is pissed that she's not been invited to Sooz's welcome back from hospital do, so she resolve to confront the matter directly by talking to Sooz. Meanwhile Jamie and Alex have a go at becoming male strippers when they find out how well it pays. Due to a misunderstanding their first gig doesn't go as planned.moreless - Ep 9309 (Rob's POV)8/8/02
Rob turns into the landlord from hell, until he meets someone worth dropping a lot more than the rent for. Nicki and Mark come clean about their recent liaisons. - Ep 8308 (Nicki's POV)8/7/02
Sasha is the new scarlet woman now that Nicki has turned over a new leaf. Sooz tries make it on her, while Mark opts for a cosy twosome, leaving Alex to presume the worst of one of his friends. - Ep 7307 (Sooz's Coma)8/6/02
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''Jamie is overjoyed to have finally found a captive audience for his jokes. Sooz's condition worries the gang. Nicki puts her tact to the test. - Ep 6306 (Jamie's POV)8/1/02
- Ep 5305 (Six's Company)7/31/02
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''When Rob's attempt at a friendly get-together turns into a squabbling session, Jamie and Sooz make a swift exit and have some old-fashioned fun together. - Ep 4304 (Alex's POV)7/30/02
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''Alex decides to shop around for a new boyfriend and soon ends up checking out his old catch Dan. Mark is left in the dark, but when Jamie's new career leads him to the heart of the happy reunion, Alex is left to pay a hefty price. - Ep 3303 (Nicki's POV)7/25/02
Nicki's mum is concerned about her daughter's attitude to men and sex, and the fact that she doesn't seem to have ever had a proper relationship (just sex) so she tries to talk to her. Jamie decides to get a job, especially because he needs to buy Sooz a replacement Mini-Disc player which he broke whilst doing his own version of karate. Nicki's mum takes advantage when Nicki stands Sasha up, and questions her daughter's friend about Nicki's sex life and male partners. As well as putting her foot in it and portraying her daughter as a slut, Sasha lets slip that Nicki felt strongly for Jamie, but it came to nothing.'' Jamie and Alex get jobs at the bar, where Nicki tries to make Jamie jealous by flirting with a guy in front of him. However she is made to look a fool when the guy turns her down. Rob sees Sooz is depressed and goes to her place to check she is okay she tells him she is okay and he promises her that he will always be there for her. Nicki's mum confronts her about Jamie but Nicki is defensive furious at both her and Sasha. '' A fight breaks out at the bar after a guy takes offence to Jamie flirting with his girlfriend and exacts his revenge by smashing up the bar. Jamie has to pay for the damage and cannot afford to buy Sooz's MD player. Sasha and Nicki make up and Nicki has a girlie chat with her mum she turns over a new leaf and declares 'no men'.moreless - Ep 2302 (Jamie and Sooz's POV)7/24/02
Through the use of a split-screen format, we get to see the story from both Sooz and Jamie's point of view. Jamie and Sooz lie to each other that they are going on dates that night to make the other jealous. Jamie goes out with Nicki's friend Anna and Sooz calls up a friend Glen. Riggs throws Sasha out again but Nicki, still angry with Sasha for lying to her, doesn't want to know. '' Jamie and Sooz 'accidentally' go to the same place (the Root bar) with their dates and spend the night furiously spying on the other. Sasha asks Rob if she can crash at his place and he refuses angry she has even asked. Mark makes him rethink, and after Sasha apologises for being a cow, he relents and lets her stay. '' When it comes to the crunch Jamie realises he can't sleep with Anna, but from Sooz's reaction it is clear she slept with Glen and regrets it. Sooz and Jamie agree that it's great they can still be best friends and talk to each other but it's obvious they are both hiding their true feelings.moreless - Ep 1301 (Sasha's POV)7/23/02
In a morning-after-the-night-before sequence, we see Sasha thinking about when she turned down Riggs' proposal, Jamie thinking about his conversation with Sooz after he'd slept with Nicki and Nicki feeling confused about her predicament with Jamie. Plus Sooz wide awake remembering Sasha telling her about Jamie and Nicki, and Rob waking up to find a girl in his bed, who catches him sneaking out. Only Alex and Mark are happy but this is threatened when Mark receives a phone cal from Rachel, his ex, who is distraught after losing her job. Sasha tells Riggs she wants things to stay the way they are no marriage, no kids she is too young. Rachel arrives at the flat and is introduced to Rob, who tells Alex she is there when he is looking for Mark. Sooz walks into the caf, but seeing Jamie walks out again. Things are awkward between Jamie and Nicki and he confronts her about telling Sooz, which she denies. Nicki confronts Sasha who lies; telling her Sooz must have overheard Sasha telling Riggs. '' Sasha asks to stay at Nicki's as Riggs has thrown her out and she agrees. Mark lies to Alex about Rachel gut Alex tells him he is fine with it just as well since Rachel is coming over for dinner. Sasha struggles to find a job with other record companies and after Nicki finds out (from Sooz) that Sasha purposefully spilled the beans about Jamie she gets thrown out. Alex plays the role of camp boyfriend at the dinner with Rachel and Mark is furious Alex admits he cant handle the bisexual thing. Sasha moves back into Riggs's, lying that she wants to commit, simply so she is not homeless for the night.moreless
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Season 2
- Ep 20S01 (Moulin Rouge)5/12/02
At the bar, after overhearing Sooz make a nasty comment about her, Sasha follows her to the bathroom and tells her that Jamie slept with Nicki. She is devastated. Jamie later overhears Sooz telling Alex that although they had broken up and she has no claim to him, she is really upset by it. Jamie confronts Sooz but she is defensive, telling him that what he does doesn't concern her anymore. Jamie tells her that she does care, and she accuses him of being arrogant, but Nicki walks in on them talking and the conversation ends. Riggs proposes to Sasha.moreless - Ep 19219 (Nicki's POV)5/5/02
The Synopsis for this groundbreaking and shocking Season Finale, in which Nicki ends up in bed with Jamie is not avaliable. It was accidentaly deleted from the records. If someone has it in full, that'd be great. Send it in and I'll put it on. - Ep 18218 (Sooz's POV)4/28/02
Jamie, Sooz, Nicki, Alex and Mark are out to dinner celebrating Jamie's birthday. Sooz is clearly not in a partying mood and after Jamie's speech in which he declares his love for her, she storms out of the restaurant. This is not a display of anger so much as a display of confused emotions and frustration. Jamie runs after her, she pushes him away and she runs off. This escalates into Sooz eventually having a panic attack and almost getting run over by a car... driven by Riggs and Sasha. They stop, she throws up on Sasha's shoes and whilst Riggs is genuinely concerned for Sooz, Sasha is concerned more with her shoes. Interstingly, this is the first time we see Riggs being genuinely sincere, and bizarrely it's directed at Sooz not Sasha. To the disapproval of Sasha, Sooz is taken back to Riggs' place where she ends up crying her eyes out as she can't understand what came over her and why it keeps happening. It's worth noting at this point that throughout the episode Sooz is seen reading a book and commenting on her state of mind. Riggs tells Sooz how lucky she is to have a great bunch of friends that care about her etc. Jamie decides that he's had enough of Sooz's little outbursts and when she arrives at college next day he blocks her out. She runs after him and he then tells her he doesn't want to go out with her anymore. He walks off making gesticulations about her being funny in the head. Later, Riggs tells Jamie about what happened the night before and realising the error of his ways, Jamie goes round to see Sooz. Sooz is in her room and we see her ripping up a picture of Jamie, again in frustration rather than anger. She eventually lets Jamie in but after he apologises she tells him that she wants to end it with him, blaming boredom and just wanting to be friends. Jamie then asks her to look him in the eye and say she doesn't love him. She does just that and he walks out. Reason then gets the better of her and she goes after him but he's already halfway down the street and the flowers he bought her lay discarded on the pavement. Only then does she say "I love you Jamie".moreless - Ep 17217 (Rob's POV)4/21/02
Rob meets an attractive woman at a party and Sasha begins to wonder if she did the right choice when she chose Riggs. - Ep 16216 (Sasha's POV)4/15/02
Sasha's honeymoon with Riggs is over, she feels mistreated by him and his spoiled teenage daughter Portia only makes everything worse. - Ep 15215 (Alex's POV)4/14/02
Alex lies to Mark and meets Dan, while Nikki has a creepy experience with a too-much-pierced friend of Riggs. - Ep 14214 (Rob's POV)4/7/02
Sasha invites Rob to her birthday party, and in an act of nervousness he asks her if he can bring his girlfriend with him. Problem is that he doesn't have one, so he convinces mysterious Saffron to be his date to the party, even after discovering that all her stories were lies. The gang arrives at Riggs's planning to stay briefly, but free champagne and food delay their exit. While Nicki (worried about her father's going to prison) lashes out catty remarks about Sasha's living arrangements, Rob worries about causing jealousy in his former girlfriend. Satisfied with the result, Rob's dumped when Saffron tells him she overheard him bragging to Mark about the situation.moreless - Ep 13213 (Nicki's POV)3/31/02
Nicki is spending some quality time with her father, since he feels like he should make up for all the lost time while she was growing up. Nicki's posture of being a "daddy's girl" falls apart when her father walks in she and the waiter from the restaurant of the night before in her room on the morning after. They have an argument and decide to come clean with the truth on both sides. Paul reveals that everything he's being accused of is true, and Nicki is shocked. Meanwhile, Mark feels insecure about Alex when Dan unexpectedly drops by, and Sasha is still being left out on the rain by the group.moreless - Ep 12212 (Jamie's POV)3/24/02
Jamie is trying to be more romantic with Sooz, but he never seems to guess what mood is she in. He goes to Sooz's and sets up a romantic dinner, with flower petals on her bad. While waiting for her, he starts to go through her discs for some music and ends up finding her taped therapy sessions. He listens to it, where she talks about a bloke who makes her feel like a woman, whom she can trust, etc., and is shocked to find out it's Rob and not him. He mistakenly assumes that Sooz and Rob are in love with each other and attacks Rob. Sooz takes Jamie back to her place and explains to him those are old discs and shows him the most recent ones where she talks about him. She assures him he doesn't have to be someone else to be with her. Meanwhile, Sasha is shut out of Rob's basketball game with his friends by Sooz, leading her to think Sooz still has feelings for Rob.moreless - Ep 11211 (Sooz's POV)3/17/02
Sooz bonds with her art teacher, someone who at first shares the same impressions of the world as her. But her teacher feels uneasy once Jamie shows up at the bar. Alex tells Jamie that his gaydar points that Jay is gay, and Jamie drops by at Sooz to apologize for his childish behavior. He finds an angered Sooz, who's disappointed at Jay for failing her after she discovered Sooz isn't a lesbian. Sooz unleashes her feelings on Jamie, but regrets after opening his present. Meanwhile, Nicki tries to be supportive for her father, and Alex and Mark make up after a tearful Mark promises not to lie anymore.moreless - Ep 10210 (Sasha's POV)3/10/02
Rob throws Sasha out after hearing her and Riggs talking on her mix tape. Hurt, Sasha temporarily moves in with Riggs, but problems soon arise after she accidentally shrinks one of his favorite T's, and she sleeps at Nicki's for comfort. She threatens to create trouble for Rob when he starts looking for a new roommate, who ends up being Mark, Alex's former bisexual boyfriend. Alex is a little freaked out about Mark getting into his friends's lives, but still fancies him enough to kiss him.moreless - Ep 9209 (Alex's POV)3/3/02
Alex Episode. Alex and Mark go out for a meal and start having "serious" conversations, talking about love etc. Alex realises that Mark is hiding something. He first confesses that he is bisexual then that he has a girlfriend. Alex has a strop and tries to leave and Mark tells him to stay put. They talk for a little longer then Alex does leave. Shown as a parallel sequence, Jamie & Sooz try to tell Alex what they had found out when they were hiding under the bed. Alex then tells them that he actually already knows, but that it doesn't bother him. He then admits that he is bothered. After Mark and Rob have a little heart to heart Mark is invited to Rob's Mexican party to try to patch things up with Alex who is now avoiding him. Mark's arrival prompts Alex to try to leave the party, but he ends up hearing Mark out. Mark once again explains how he feels about Alex and springs the news that he has moved out of his girlfriend's place. Alex agrees to let Mark phone him later. The party continues with couples dancing to Sasha's demo tape. Jamie & Sooz, Rob & Sasha, Nicki and.... Alex! Alex questions Nicki on the "knowing looks" being exchanged by her and Sasha. She says it's nothing and then the recording is interuputed by the conversation that Sasha had with Riggs in the studio about her telling Rob, which somehow found its way onto the mini-disc.moreless - Ep 8208 (Rob's POV)2/25/02
Sasha didn't come home one night and Rob was really worried, then in the morning he had a go at her about it but couldn't be direct so he said he was cross because she'd left the bathroom in a mess. Sasha knew it was about more than that, and said he was like his Dad because he couldn't say what he felt, and she also had a pop at him about his dead-end job, so he flipped out and packed his stuff and left. He stormed into the cafe to get his wages, where Al+Mark and Jamie+Sooz were, Mark was his usual mean self and teased Rob about his job. They had a bit of a scuffle and Jamie followed Rob out and told him about how Mark is cheating on Al. Rob told Jamie about breaking up with Sasha and says he should have gone out with Sooz instead. Jamie revealed to Rob about him and Sooz and encouraged Rob not to give up on him and Sasha. Later, Rob helped out a girl who had her bag snatched and they spent the day together, talking mostly about Sasha. They nearly kissed but didn't in the end. Rob decided to apologise to Sasha, so he got some roses and went to the studios where she was getting jiggy with Riggs, but she managed to hide. The episode ended with Sasha trying to tell Rob about Riggs, but Rob was too keen to say sorry to let her speak, and he was so sweet about it that she couldn't do it.moreless - Ep 7207 (Nicki's POV)2/17/02
Nicki discovers the truth behind her dad's court appearance and is less than impressed. She walks out telling him that he's on his own. Sasha is less than the friend she ought to be to Nicki when Nicki needs someone to talk to, prioritising her valuable studio time over friendship.''''Nicki is unhappy with having to work, and having to work in a dodgy designer-label-free shop! Her conscience gets the better of her when she decides not to lift money from the till.''''In one of the funniest sequences in the series so far Jamie and Sooz try to tell someone the truth about their relationship but end up putting their collective feet in it with the Sasha/Nicki situation. They eventually resort to telling Alex who gives a typical Alex response finding it both funny and disgusting!''''Finally, after a bit of female bonding with an altogether more amicable Sooz, Nicki ditches her job (and her clothes) in a fantastic display of defiance. Go girl!moreless - Ep 6206 (Sooz's POV)2/10/02
Sooz has a conflict: she wants to tell everyone about her relationship with Jamie, but at the same time she's mad at him for lying about seeing Gabi. She stalks Gabi to see what she has that makes her so attractive to Jamie, but finds nothing except for habits of a woman older than hers. Jamie is anxious to make their relationship a public thing, but Sooz hold him back until she sees how far he can go with his lies. Meanwhile, Nicki's dad shows up and tells her he's gone bankrupt. While having a picnic outdoors with the gang, Sooz proposes a tennis match between them so Jamie can put to practice everything he's learned on his tennis lessons. Of course that turns out to be a complete disaster, and Sooz walks away from him. He surprises her at home, where he confesses his whereabouts and makes up with Sooz. They have their first "satisfactory" night together, but Jamie slips that he knew Sooz found his email. She manages to turn this against him and throws him out. Jamie hits his head on the ground, which makes Sooz worry about him and they both realize they really like each other. In fact, they like each other too much to fight. They could even love each other.moreless - Ep 5205 (Jamie's POV)2/3/02
Sooz tells Jamie he's not satisfying her. He asks Rob for advice for a "mate of his" who has a problem with girlfriend. Sooz walks in on their conversation and asks if this "mate" had many satisfied customers in past. Jamie calls his ex-girlfriends and finds awful truth that he never managed to do it for any of them. Desperate Jamie calls Gabi. She sends him e-mail to arrange a meeting. Sooz accidentally reads it and suspects Jamie is two timing her and still seeing Gabi. She secretly follows them to a caf and gets the wrong idea as she sees them holding hands. Gabi advises Jamie to admit to Sooz he's in love with her. Later when Sooz asks him where he's been all day he makes up story about taking up tennis lessons.moreless - Ep 4204 (Alex's POV)1/27/02
Alex chats with a guy on the internet and arranges to meet him. Sasha lends him keys to the flat for few hours while Rob's working and she's out. Jamie and Sooz have the same idea to use the flat while no one is around not knowing Alex will be there, they steal Rob's keys. As soon as Jamie and Sooz undress, Alex and Mark come in and Jamie and Sooz hide under the bed listening in disgust to what goes on above them. Nicki barges in looking for Sasha and finds Mark in bed. She gets Alex to sign some papers (as witness) that her father gave her, transferring ownership of assets into her name. Jamie and Sooz still hiding overhear Mark speaking on the phone to his girlfriend. Rob returns from work early and throws out Alex and Mark. Sooz sneaks out. Jamie is left hiding in the shower when Sasha comes in and gets all wet as she turns the water on. Later he sneaks out in his underwear. Tomorrow morning Jamie and Sooz take an instant dislike to Mark as they meet him and Al in caf, but Alex is over the moon.moreless - Ep 3203 (Sasha's POV)1/20/02
Riggs won't stop hitting on Sasha, and she's finding it harder and harder to avoid giving intp temptation. She gets mad at every move he makes, but at the same time is confused about her relationship with Rob. Meanwhile, she's trying to make things up with Nicki and gives her the 12 red roses Riggs gave her. When Nicki finds out about the source of the roses she's mad, but her father convinces her to forgive Sasha. Sasha decides to quit her job after Riggs kisses her at a party, but Rob convinces her not to, thinking she's only doing it because he was very suspicious and jealous of her. She goes back to the recording studio, and can't resist temptation anymore: she succumbs to Riggs's charms and they make out. Meanwhile, Sooz and Jamie are trying to keep their affair as secret as possible, but it's getting harder everyday.moreless - Ep 2202 (Jamie's POV)1/13/02
Jamie is a bit freaked out after a dream about him and Sooz as a loving parent-couple in the future. Their affair is still a secret to all of their friends, in which bothers Sooz, and they have a vague fight where she says he's not her boyfriend. Later, Jamie and Rob goes to the Root Bar, where Anna hits on him. Then Sooz comes. She says she's sorry about earlier, but they fight again, and Jamie goes with Anna. Meanwhile Nicki is still mad at Sasha, and when Riggs calls Sasha while she, Rob, Alex, Jamie and Sooz are at their flat she searchs privacy. At the flat, Rob says that Jamie has a girlfriend, and tells the others about when he heard Jamie tell Anna he couldn't follow her home, cause he's got a girlfriend, everybody wants to know who she is. Jamie runs off to the kitchen and Sooz follows. They kiss up, but then Alex comes into the kitchen, laugning and saying 'Oh, Jamie and Sooz' They go back to the others, where it turns out that Alex told the others about Jamie's dream, and they joke about it, and Jamie and Sooz joins them in it, hurting each other. Afterwards Jamie meets Sooz outside his home. They come to talk, and make up.moreless - Ep 1201 (Nicki's POV)1/6/02
Nicki meets a handsome musical producer named Riggs and is pretty soon all over him at a party. He invites her and Sasha to a private party the next night, but Sasha has second thoughts about going when Nicki says Rob can't go. At the party, Nicki's puts her moves on Riggs, but he's more interested in Sasha. Jealous, Nicki isn't willing to go down without a fight and confronts Sasha, who says she only sent Riggs a tape because he's a big musical producer and that might be her break. Sasha assures Nicki nothing is going on, but Nicki runs into them having coffee together. Meanwhile, the tension between Jamie and Sooz continues to grow while the memory of their kiss haunts both of them.moreless
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Season 1
- Ep 19In Bed with As If2/15/01
This special documentary takes the viewers behind the scenes of hit teen drama As If.
''We get to see June Springfield interviewing all the stars of the show 'in bed' - asking the questions that you really want answers too.
''Plus, there's a look at how the show is made, and we go on location with As If, to see some brand new scenes for the second season being filmed.moreless - Ep 18118 (Jamie's POV)2/14/01
Jamie starts passing out flyers on the street, convinced that one in a hundred women that gets the paper will call him. Surprisingly, someone actually calls Jamie and meets with him at the coffee place, where she asks him about parties. Trying to pass an image other than his own, Jamie convinces Sasha and Rob to let him throw a party at their place, and bugs Sooz until she talks her brother into lending Jamie his DJ table. The party gets going but soon overcrowds, and Jamie's woman brings her huge boyfriend with her. A gigantic fight starts after Nicki and Sooz exchange insults once again and Alex tries to put a stop to it. The place is destroyed, and everyone's disappointed at Jamie. He has a heart-to-heart talk with Sooz, during which she tells him about the time she almost committed suicide. Jamie says she shouldn't do that, because there are people who care about her, and they kiss.moreless - Ep 17117 (Nicki's POV)2/13/01
Nicki is being a man-eater again and wants to get some action with Chris (the same guy Sasha went out with), but can't risk ending up alone on Louise's welcome back party. She flirts with Jamie, her "plan B", who is so naive that actually believes Nicki wants something with him. Sooz discovers Nicki's entire plan and tries to warn Jamie, who doesn't listen to her. Nicki doesn't have second thoughts when the first opportunity of having sex with Chris comes up, but deeply regrets it later when she finds out she was his "plan B". She decides then to make up with Jamie, but Sooz doesn't let her. They insult each other and pretty soon they're rolling on the ground, pulling each other's hair and ruining the party for everybody.moreless - Ep 16116 (Group's POV)2/12/01
The group decides to break into the club for a swim. But their plans change when things don't go exactly as they hoped. When they're all ready to leave, nobody can find the keys, and there are mysterious sounds freaking them out. They split into two groups trying to find their way out, but only find Louise, who they lied to so she wouldn't go to the club with them.moreless - Ep 15115 (Sooz's POV)2/9/01
Sooz locks herself out of her house and the only one she can go for help is Nicki. Dressed in her cheerful clothes, Sooz meets Jamie at the caf, and Sasha makes fun of her. Jamie realises how down and depressed Sooz is and tries to be her friend. Tired of being ridiculed by Sasha, Sooz says out loud she and Rob kissed. Sasha breaks up with Rob, and Sooz sees an opportunity for the two finally be together. But Rob loves Sasha too much and asks Sooz to tell her that their kiss only showed him how much he loves his girlfriend. Extremely hurt, Sooz looks for a friendly shoulder in Al, who's busy with Dan, and Jamie, who makes fun of her poems. She storms out of Jamie's, and he worries she may do something stupid. At the tube train station, Sooz stands on the edge of the platform, prepared to jump but at the last minute, steps back. Jamie finds her and is releaved to find that she is OK.moreless - Ep 14114 (Alex's Birthday)2/8/01
Everyone tries to cheer up Alex as he's depressed over Dan, but nothing seems to work. Nonetheless, the group plan a surprise party for his 18th Birthday at the H20 club. Jamie calls Dan asking him to show up. Dan is doubtful at first and asks if Al is seeing anyone and Jamie assures him he's not. But Jamie didn't count on Alex meeting a guy playing darts. At the party, Alex is ecstatic to see that his beloved Dan is there, and Jamie desperately tries to keep Jeff away from Al. He even comes on to Jeff, who is shocked to learn that Alex is gay. He tells him that he only wanted to play darts and that his boyfriend came on to him, and Dan thinks Alex is lying again. Alex tells Jamie that he actually bought Jeff to set him up with Sooz. Meanwhile Sooz is busy getting drunk to deal with her depression over Rob, and Rob is worried she'll spill the beans over their kiss to Sooz. Dan almost leaves, but stops when Chris confronts him over some money he owes. Dan offers to help Alex, and Alex accepts, even though Dan only wants to be friends with him.moreless - Ep 13113 (Rob's POV)2/7/01
Rob, Sooz and Jamie are working in a posh resturant. It's a boring job between the rude customers and the bossy maitre, so Rob and Sooz, who have been flirting all night, quit. They sit down to talk in an empty room at the resturant, but they end up getting intimate and kissing. Jamie walks in on them when they're about to take the next step. Sooz is deverstated when Rob reveals he felt nothing from the kiss. The next morning, Rob feels very regretful and hides the night's events from Sasha. He asks her to move in with him, which deeply hurts Sooz. Worried about her, Jamie tells Rob she's in love with him. Rob realizes he's in trouble.moreless - Ep 12112 (Truth Or Dare)2/6/01
The group decides to play truth or dare. Nicki and Sasha only want to laugh at the other's secrets, and everyone else feels uncomfortable and embarrassed. Among dares such as kisses and revealing imtimate secrets, Nicki and Sasha laugh at Jamie when he tries to share an emotional moment. During a dare where they both have to run around the block in their underwear, Sooz and Rob nearly share a kiss. Sasha keeps going after Sooz and tries to humiliate her. Sooz is cornered by the girls about her sexual experiences while Sasha shares with the others her horrible experience with a virgin boy. She ridicules him, which hurts Rob, who tells her he was a virgin when he first slept with her.moreless - Ep 11111 (Jamie's POV)2/5/01
Jamie is going crazy with the thought that Gabi maybe pregnant with his child. He's at first terrified with the possibility of becoming a father at age 18, but after thinking it over he decides to be there for her. She tells him it's not his baby, but he still wants to be involved. He volunteers to take care of her son for a few hours while she has some time for herself, but is devastated when she tells him she's back with her husband. Meanwhile, Sasha keeps blowing Rob off for a night out with the girls and Alex goes on internet dates with men whose jobs are similar to Dan's. Nevertheless he's still not interested in any of them because "they're not Dan".moreless - Ep 10110 (Sooz's POV)2/2/01
Rob suggests that Nicki and Sasha take Sooz out to the nightclub they are going when he can't make it, but the girls aren't too sure. Sooz decides to go because it's a really good club, and the girls head off for a night out. Jamie meets Gabi on the street and Al starts to drink to forget Dan. The girls go to the night club and Sasha leaves the other two there to go home for Rob. Nicki is trying to stay "men-free" and who else could help her but Sooz, the men repellent? But Sooz is trying to forget Rob now that he's back with Sasha, and flirts with a guy after taking lessons from Nicki and Sasha. Nicki gets in the way, but luckily Sooz runs into the guy again. They go over to her place, but she is unable to do anything serious with him because she's not up for just sex, especially seeing as she's still a virgin. She kicks him out, and he insults her. Sooz curls up in her bed, upset and leaves an upset voice message on Jamie's phone as he's asleep.moreless - Ep 9109 (Rob's POV)2/1/01
Pushed by Sasha, Rob decides to go back home after staying with Jamie for awhile. His father wants him to help paint a room in the house, but Rob already made plans with Sasha. Rob's dad hits him and he hides from Sasha at Jamie's. Sasha finds out what happened and goes to Rob's house to tell his father how abusive he is. Rob walks in with Sasha yelling at Steve, and after Sasha leaves Rob and his father have a fight. Only this time Rob fights back. Now he is definitely out of the house, and until he finds a place of his own he'll stay at Jamie's. Meanwhile, Nicki is turned down by all her friends (even Sasha), which makes her wonder if there is really something wrong with her.moreless - Ep 8108 (Nicki's POV)1/31/01
Nikki is still seeing Gary behind Louise's back, but when she meets an attractive man at the coffee place she doesn't think twice before posing as a model to go out with him and blow her friends off. He takes her to a fancy dinner and later to a hotel room where they spend the night together. The next morning the man is gone - and so is her credit card. She is left with a 600 debt and has nobody to call for help, except Alex. Poor Alex has to call Dan to save Nikki, which eliminates what could have been a last chance for them to get back together. Nikki realizes the mistake she made, but leave her alone for two seconds and she'll be jumping right into another man's bed, proving she still hasn't changed at all.moreless - Ep 7107 (Alex's POV)1/30/01
Ever since Alex met Dan, their relationship has been nothing but lies. Alex still doesn't have the courage to tell Dan the truth about him. Meanwhile, the school computers have been stolen and Officer Parker arrives at the school to handle the case. Alex has a very hard time covering his lies. He is asked to answer questions on the missing computers, and Dan overhears Alex telling the other cop his real age. Dan says they're finished, and Al feels the consequences of his lies. He unsuccessfully tries to get Dan's forgiveness by telling him the whole truth, but the damage is too big to be fixed. They're finished.moreless - Ep 6106 (Sasha's POV)1/29/01
Sasha's mom is away for the weekend, and it's the perfect opportunity for Sasha to ask Rob to come over so they can talk -- and get back together, which is what Sasha really wants. Sooz and Al listen to Nicki and Sasha talking so they decide to play a little trick on Jamie and tell him to show up at Sasha's dressed up as Bugs Bunny. Sasha and Rob finally talk, and he tells her his problems concerning his father's alcoholism and how he beat him up. Sasha and Rob finally sleep together, but Rob doesn't seem fully happy about it.moreless - Ep 5105 (Nicki's POV)1/26/01
Sooz flirts with a french guy at a party, but Nicki takes advantage of her shyness and steals the guy from Sooz. Louise, the annoying girl, is once again bothering everyone to sing a petition to help cows, so to get rid of the girl the gang tells her to go protest against a local merchant who sells zebra carpets. She goes to jail, and Nicki tries to raise money to help Louise (and relieve her guilty conscience), but Louise doesn't want Nicki's help. Meanwhile, Rob says he's done with Sasha, who tries to get him back. Sooz tells Jamie she likes Rob. Louise gets a date with a guy that tried to help her at the street. Nicki finally realizes that she's a crappy friend and has never been in love (and also steals other people's boyfriends, like she did with Sooz and just did with Louise...).moreless - Ep 4104 (Jamie's POV)1/25/01
Jamie finally gets a real date with the woman he's been chatting on the internet for the past weeks. He's apprehensive because he lied about his age and job, and still has to put up with all the teasing from his friends who keep telling him how horrible this person might be. When he finally meets Gabi, he finds out she's much older than him. Still, they have a great night out and end up having sex. She reveals to him she has a son, and after they discuss their age difference issue, she breaks up with him because she feels like he won't be able to give her what she wants: love. Jamie tells his friends he's the one who dumped her. Meanwhile, Al is trying to adjust to his relationship with Dan. Rob's obsession by Sasha just gets worse after he develops problems at home.moreless - Ep 3Three3/20/02
- Ep 3103 (Alex's POV)1/24/01
While still not ready to tell his parents he's gay, Alex tries to meet an attractive man he saw on the club, even though all his friends keep telling him it'll never happen. When he finally gets a date with the guy (after joining the gym just so he could talk to him), Al's looks are ruined by Sasha's fight with Chris (who was only with her for sex). He tries to borrow some of Jamie's clothes, but Jamie is too busy with a girl on the internet. So Al has to go to Dan's house looking like crap, and Dan takes care of him. Al lies about his age, following Sooz's advice that the age difference would ruin it. Dan tells Alex he's a cop.moreless - Ep 2Two3/12/02
- Ep 2102 (Sooz's POV)1/23/01
In this episode we are shown life from Sooz's point of view for the first time. On the outside, Sooz is a grungy, tough, unique, rebellious teenager with multiple peircings and dreadlocks. On the inside we learn she is quite insecure, and has a deep crush on her friend, Rob.''''Sooz is working on an art project and tries to photograph people's tattoos, but no one shows up to be her model. Jamie says it's because she scares men. Rob, seeing that Sasha is going out with a new guy, offers to pose for Sooz to get Sasha jealous and turns up at her house.''''Sooz takes photos of Rob's tattoo and the pair find they get on well. She ends up painting a tattoo on his back and while she trys to hide her feelings, they have a moment. Sooz lets spill that Sasha is getting serious with her new boyfriend but is unable to reveal how she feels to Rob.moreless - Ep 1101 (Jamie's POV)1/22/01
In this, the first ever episode of the groundbreaking, hugely popular, British teen drama - As If, we are introduced to six teenaged friends living in London.
''This episode is all from the point of view of Jamie, a typical teenager whose main thoughts are girls and parties. Jaime's latest crush is Nicki, who's just split up with her latest boyfriend.
''Sooz is the dark and struggling artist of the group with her many piercings and tattoos and an attitude that scares most guys away.
''Rob is a young man who works at a coffee bar and is in a relationship with Sasha, Nicki's best friend.
''Finally there's Alex who who is best mates with Jaimie and a pal to Sooz but who has a secret.moreless - Ep 1One (Pilot)1/22/01
